Synthetic resin complex from chlorinated toluol and phenol and process of making same



Patented FeB.'-17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT "lorries cnnmrox name, or

- SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPLEX FROM CHLORINA'IED TO'LUOL PEENOL V PROCESS OF HAKING SAME f This invention relates to a synthetic resin complex including compositions derived therefrom and to the process ofmaking same and relates especially to a product in theprep- 5 aration of which side-chain chlorinated gravity sirable.

When ordinary phenol is allowed to react with this material reaction takes place on warming and hydrochloric acid is evolved. The reaction mixture may be boiled during which time there appears to be a second stage involving a.slight evolution of water. The semi-liquid or soft semiviscid material obtained containing a red dyestufi may be en jected toa vacuum to remove most of the hydrochloric acid and steam distilled to eliminate any unaltered phenolic bodies. It is desirable to free the viscid material entirely from phenol and if the reaction is not carried to the point where all such phenolic substances are eliminated then steam distillation willse'rve to remove the-last traces. Usually the reaction may be carried out in the case of phenol to reduce the latter down to 2 per cent or so and a short ex osure to steam under .usual distilling conditions eliminates such phenol efiectively. At the close of the distillation the condensed steam will be found other aldehydes or mixtures of neutral.- a

For resinification of the syrupy or viscid product formaldehyde may be used to 'advantage. Furthermore the procedure involved herein does not preclude the use'of aldeh des such as acetaldehyde,'par'aldehyde, buty aldehyde, acrolein, benzaldehyde and the like i in so far as they may be appropriate for the pur ose.

, e preferred roduct of the present in to obvention' .is one which has the property of,

Application filed my 12, 11524. Serial in. 712,548.

hardening when subjected to heat so that the material may be employed usefully as a binds or for the filling material in producing mold-' ing compositions which will seton hotressing and can be taken from the mold .Whl e hot 10mm, mew masmr assrenon 1'0 'atms-roe'rnn comrm, a conromrron. or new JERSEY due-to the fact that they have become thermorigid by the heat treatment.

In the present invention employing the new material: aforesaid a relatively small proportion of formaldehyde suflices to yield a resin which has hardening properties and which is especially suitable for making thermo-rigid molded articles by the addition ofa moderate amount of hexamethylene' tetramme. p

In some cases formaldehyde may be. omitted and solely hexamethylenetetramine employed. The latter however isordinarily not advantageous on the score of cost and furthermore the presence of any large amount oilammonla 1n the final product isundesira e.

For example I may treat 100 parts byweight of the aforesaid s rupy or viscid material with 25 parts of or inary 40%) aqueous formaldehyde corres ond ng to only 10 per cent of actual formalgehyde. This mixture may be boiled under areflux condenser for 2 or 3 hours, and the resulting resinous product then freed from water. In this form it may .beflissolved in a solvent such as alcohol and incorporated with a suitable filler such as asbestos, flour or fibre or other mineral gfiller or vegetablej fibres such as ll-nters, wood flour, cotton'flock and the like.

5 to 10 per cent of hexamethylenetetramine based on. the weight of the resin maybe incorporated. The solvent is removed by evaporation, preferably in a-vacuum dryer. T

resulting composition is gulveriied or ground and may then be place in molds in a hot press and molded to suitable shapes. The

setting takes placerapidlyand in from 2 to,

5 minutes, in the case of small articles a rigid product of goodsurface finish is obtained by molding ata temperature of 150160- C. V

Various colorinfi agents, dyes and the like may beintroduce required. A product may be when special colors are niade from orthocresol by mixing 158 grams of this substance with 100 grams of chlorinated toluol which has. been chlorinated under conditions to efiect" principally side-chain reaction and which has a specific gravity of 1.35 and of which 42 per cent boils between 205-212 0., and 22 per cent boils between 212 and 215 C'. On slightly warming this mixture the evolution of hydrochloric acid begins and the source of heat is removed. The reaction goes on spontaneously and smoothly for about-20 minutes duringwhich time the temperature may rise through the heat of reaction to about 70 C. The weight of the mixture now is 235 grams indicating a, loss in weight due to the evolutionof hydrochloric acid amounting to 23 grams.' The product is a deep cherry-redthick syrup. It is slightly acid due to some residue of hydrochloric acid. This red syrup or dyestuif is insoluble in water but soluble in acetone, alcohol, benzol and various other solvents. The solutions are yellowish butithe-product dyes the skin or cotton cloth a pink color. The syrup does not solidify on cooling. It exhibits no 001-,

oration with the usual ferric'chloride test for phenols made under conditions most favorable for detecting the presence of pheto 205 C. a crackling noise is heard in the flask in which the reaction is carried out,

due to the formation of water. On heating for about 40 minutes at this temperature the reaction evolving water ceases and the temperature may be raised to 215 C. for 15 or 20 minutes longer.

This heat treatment thickens the syrup to a more consistent product which Wlll barely flow at room temperature. In this form the material has a variety of uses.

Boiled for an hour with one-fourth its .'eight of ordinary aqueous formaldehyde of 40 per cent strength a darkbrown hard res1n results. (The proportion of formaldehyde may be varied if desired.) This neutral resin maybe incorporated .with a filler and a few per cent of hexamethylenetetramine. Other resins natural or synthetic may be added 1n some cases. Resins of the same general type may be prepared from meta and para cresol,

naphthols etc. or mixtures of these with phenol. Likewise the commerclal'forms such as tar acids, cresylic acid, creosote oils etc. may

be converted to resins.

It shouldbe noted that while carbolic acid or ordinary phenol and ortho, meta and para cre sol are corrosive or caust1c-1nthe1r actlon.

on living tissue, the reaction product of, for

- with a bl latter with about 8 example, orthocresol with the chlorinated toluene (after removal of hydrochloride acid) has no caustic corrosive action and may remain on the hands for hours without unpleasant efiect. Thus I am able to transform carbolic or cresylic acid so completely that a harmless substance results, namely, a new chemical material in the form of 'a' non-con rosive, semiliquid product, adapted for makmg resins.

Also I may add that the red semi-liquid or syrup first obtained simply by spontaneous reaction will dye human or-vegetable tissue a red or rose color.

The red syrup also is reactive with formaldehyde without the heat treatment described above.

What I claim is 1. The process of makinga resin which comprises reacting on phenol in the proportion of 3 mols. with crude benzotrichloride in the proportion of 1 mol. to form a non-corrosive, semi-liquid reaction product, react ing on this product with aqueous formaldehyde to yield a resinous substance and incorporating the latter with hexamethylenetetramine.

2. The process of making a resinous substance adapted to become thermo-rigid on heating which comprises treating phenol with side-chain chlorinated toluol containing 'benzotrichloride to form a semi-liquid non corrosive material, reacting on said material with formaldehyde, using approximately 10 per cent of actual formaldehyde, whereby a resin is obtained and incorporating said resin with extraneous material including a few per cent of hexamethylenetetramine.

3. A process of making a resin by reactin phenol upon a side chain chlorinate product of toluol containing benzotrichloride as a major constituent, to form a syrupy viscous product, and reacting on the latter with an aldehyde to form a resin.

4. -In the process of making resin the steps of forming an intermediate product which comprises. reacting on carbolic acidwith benzotrichloride to substantially convert the carbolic acid to a bland, neutral product with the evolution of hydrochloric acid and reacting upon such bland neutral formaldehyde to form a resin.

5. In the process of making synthetic resin product with the steps which comprise reacting with side-- chain. chlorinated toluol containing benzotrichlorideon a single ring phenolic body in such proportions as to form a non-corrosive and syrupy product and reacting upon the to 12% of its weight of formaldehyde. 6. In they process of making synthetic resms, the step which comprises. reacting on carbohc acid v (phenol) one mol. with benzotrichloride approximately three mols. to eliminate chlorine ashydrochloric acid and thereupon with an aldehyde to form a resin.-

. comprises reacting to form a non-corrosive bland syrupy product serving as the raw material and reacting 7 A resin formed by combining an aldehyde with the bland products of reaction of one mol. of benzotrichloride on three mols. of phenol.

8. The products of reaction of approximately one mol. side-chain chlorinated toluol on three mols. of a single ring phenolic body combined with an aldehyde.

9. A resin formed by. combining an aldehyde with the bland products of reaction of one mol. of benzotrichloride on three mols. of a simple single ring phenol.

10. A rocess which comprises reacting upon a p enol with side-chain chlorinated toluol, to form a substantially noncorrosi've formaldehyde.

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dyestufi-co'ntaining material, and reacting upon the latter with a small amount of formaldehyde.

11. A process which com rises reacting upon a phenol with benzotric loride to form a substantially non-corrosive dyestufi-containing material, and reacting upon the latter with a small amount of formaldehyde.

12. A resin formed by combining an aldehyde with the bland roducts of reaction of one mol. of benzotric oride on three mols. of a phenol.

13. A resin formed by combining formaldehyde with the bland products of reaction of one'mol. ofbenzotrichloride on three mols. of phenol.

14. The process of making aresin which on phenol with a sidechain chlorinated toluol, in which benzotrichloride constitutes the predominat' constituent and which also contains other e orinated toluols, to form a non-corrosive, semiliquid reaction product, reacting on this prodnot with aqueous formaldehyde to yield a resinous substance and incorporating the latter with hexamethylenetetramine.

15. A new chemical material adapted for industry compr sing the use in the molding reaction product 0 a syrupy viscous condensation product of approximately 1 mol. of benzotnchloride and 3 mols. of a single ring phenol combined with formaldehyde, thereby forming a resin. 16. As a new synthetic resin complex adapted for use "in the molding industry, formaldehyde combined with a non-corrosive liquid s upy viscous reaction product of benzotric loride and carbolic acid in-the proportion of approximately 1 mol. of the former to 3 mols. of the latter.

- 17. The syrupy reaction product of 1 mol. of benzotrichloride and about 3 mols. of a' single ring phenol combined with 10. per cent of its weight of (actual) formaldehyde, bein 'a resin capable of becoming thermorigi on heatin cent of hexamet ylenetetramme.

m thepresence of a few per 

